brown dwarf
Noun
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Noun
brown dwarf (plural brown dwarfs)
- (star) A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of the planet Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion.
- French: naine brune
- German: Brauner Zwerg
- Italian: nana bruna
- Portuguese: anã marrom
- Russian: кори́чневый ка́рлик
- Spanish: enana marrón
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